Roughly the TRUTH » Foreign Policy http://www.joelneuenhaus.com Just another WordPress weblog :: by JFN Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:37:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Five Birds, One Stone – How Iraq Saves the World http://www.joelneuenhaus.com/2007/07/17/five-birds-one-stone-how-iraq-saves-the-world/ http://www.joelneuenhaus.com/2007/07/17/five-birds-one-stone-how-iraq-saves-the-world/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:19:25 +0000 JFN http://www.joelneuenhaus.com/blog3/2007/07/17/five-birds-one-stone-how-iraq-saves-the-world/ Violence flares, various parties battle for political control, and with a one-way ticket to the U.S. in hand, Al Qaeda waits patiently in the screening lines of Baghdad airport. A scary scenario? Hold on to your seat, but this isn’t what happens if the U.S. pulls out of Iraq, it’s happening right now.

However, there are some results of a U.S. draw-down we can confidently predict: increased dialogue in the region (similar to welfare reform in the 90′s), increased focus on developing alternative energy (in conjunction with the increased oil prices), greater wealth for the poor people in oil-rich nations (in conjunction with the increased oil prices), a dramatic cut in U.S. casualties in Iraq (duh) and a drastically improved budgetary picture (duh).

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As Iraq spirals deeper into chaos, at what point will the crazy man quit doing the same thing and expect to get a different result? With elections drawing near, the U.S. congress will finally recognize the need to reign Bush’s policy in. With the start of a significant withdrawal, don’t be surprised to increasingly see headlines reading: peace & stability, prosperity, clean-energy and balanced-budget. Stories that are in high demand and short supply these days.

Then again, WWIII might be just around the corner.

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desktopearthBringing to light international issues of the day (ex-Iraq) is often a struggle in todays profit driven news environment. Although, the need is greater now than ever before – with the advent of technologies that have effectively shrunk our planet, it becomes an ever more complicated place to live. That’s why I’m grateful to people like this…

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Where America Meets the World is a show broadcast on PBS stations and hosted by Fareed Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International.
I find it endlessly interesting and it consistently broadens my perspectives on a vast myltitude of subjects.

Watch all episodes free online or on your local PBS station.

Here’s the shows trailer:

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